Buckle.



A Patented nec. I7, |9ol. L. H. HAwEs.

BUCKLE \App1ica.tion led Aug. 1B, 1900. Renewed Sept. 4, 1901.)

y ATTORNEY Unirse rares Farrar erich..

LEVIS H. HAVES, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 689,07 9, dated December 1'7, 1901. Application iiled August 18, 1900. Renewed September 4,190.1. Serial No. 74,327. (No model.)

a buckle which shall be relatively iiat and thin, of simple construction, and adapt-ed to grip the strap or belt to be held firmly when a strain is applied to the strap.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of the invention, Figure l is a sectional view of the buckle and strap,

- the plane of the section being indicated by linein Fig. 2. Fig. 2 isaplan of the buckle and strap. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the end of the buckle. Fig. 4 shows the bail of the buckle detached. Fig. 5 is an edge View of the buckle detached. This view represents a larger buckle than those in the other figures. Fig. 6 shows an embodiment of the invention wherein one of the side bars of the buckle-frame is omitted, and Fig. 7 is an embodiment where the channel is omitted from the bearing-bar of the frame. f

The buckle consists of two loosely-connected parts-namely, the frame A, here shown as made of sheet metal, and the bail B, here shown as made of wire. The frame A is rectangular and comprises end bars 1 l, side bars 2 2X, and a channeled bearing-bar 3 parallel with the side bars. At its respective ends the bar 3 has keepers or recesses 4 4, Fig. 2, to receive and :retain the bail B. This bail is in the form of an oblong loop or ring and has an attaching-bar 5 for the strap and a clamping-bar 6 to clamp on and hold fast the other end of the strap or another strap. This loop or bail B extends loosely about the frame A and loosely engages the keepers 4 in the end bars of same.

C is the strap attached to the bail B, and CX is the other strap secured by the buckle. These may be, of course, opposite ends of the same strap or belt. The strap C may be secured in any known Way to the bar 5 of the bail, and this secures the buckle to this strap. When the strap CX is to be secured by the buckle, it is passed up through the frame (at o. in Fig. l) and then under the clamping-bar 6 of the bail B. A strain in opposite directions on the straps O and OX will then cause the bar 6 to press the strap C down into the channel of the bar 3, as seen in Fig. 1, and hold it rigidly. Nevertheless, a pull on the end (at the left in Fig. l) of the strap C will draw it through the bail and take up more of the strap. The free end of the strap CX may, if desired, be tucked down under the other side bar 2 of the frame, as seen in'Figs. l, 2, and 3; but this tucking is not at all essential to the buckling or clamping. The strap will be held securely Without it.

In Fig. 5 the full lines show the bail B as hanging in the normal way in the channeled bar of the frame, and the dotted lines show it pressed upward or elevated, so that the end of the strap OX may be threaded 'through it. Preferably the shoulder 7 of the recess 4, at the left in Fig. 5, will be turned up, as shown, so as to sustain the bail in a nearly erect position in order that the strap C may be the more readily passed through the bail under the bar 6.

This invention is not limited to any particular kind of material; but preferably the frame will be made of sheet metal and the bail of wire. The bar 5 of the bail may have on it a sleeve of thin sheet metal or other sheet material. This has not been shown, as it is a common feature in buckles and is not deemed essential.

It would be possible to dispense with the side bar 2X. A construction where this bar is omitted is illustrated in Fig. 6. This View will need no special description.

The channel in the intermediate or bearing bar 3 is to insure the clamping fast of the strap and to allow the clamping-bar 6 to embed itself in the material; but if the bar 6 were angular, as seen in Fig. 7, it would clamp the strap quite firmly on a plane-surfaced bearing-bar, as the bar 3X in this figure.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- l. In a buckle,the combination with a frame having a side bar or keeper, a channeled bar,

`and recesses or niches at its respective ends,

of a loose bail, embracing said frame and engaging the recesses therein, said bail having IOO a bar for attaching a strap, and a clampingF bar, substantially as set forth.

2. In a buckle, the combination with the frame having end bars, two side bars, a channeled intermediate bar, and niches or recesses in its end bars to receive the bail, of the said bail, of oblon g, loop-like form, loosely einbracing the frame at the channeled bar and engaging the recesses in the frame, said bail having an attaching-bar and a clamping-bar substantially parallel therewith, as set forth.

3. In a buckle, the combination with a substantially liat frame having end bars, a side bar, a bearing-bar parallel with the side bar, and. keepers or recesses at its ends, of the ob- I5 long bail loosely embracing the frame at the bearing-bar and engaging the keepers at the ends of same, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 16th day of August, 1900, in they 2c. presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LEWIS l-I. HAWES.

Witnesses:

PETER A. Ross, HAROLD J. HIRsT. 

